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CoronitaParticipantMGM and Wynn resorts shutting down. Also locally, most of the casinos are shutting down too, bars and clubs. Total closure. Traffic will be great though 🙂
CoronitaParticipantoxygen concentrators normally require a doctor’s prescription. I ended up being able to get one with a prescription. I figure I buy one and in case any of 8 of us get infected and they don’t have enough hospital grade ventilators this might help. Plus I know a few older people on my street that have asthma and might have problems and probably aren’t going to be proactive to prepare. The trick will be finding someone trained to shove a breath tube down there. I’m asking all my friends who are nurses which one had been trained to do it and can do it. You never know when it might be handy. ,
Can’t be too cautious to be overprepared for the long haul. Sort of like making slow drip investment over the years so when something drastic happens, you’re already a few steps ahead.CoronitaParticipantDown, but I think there will be a lot of winners in the long run. I’m buying so much shit from Costco and Amazon now that I’m going to be working from home, what I normally would have spent for 1 quarter’s worth of office budget was spent in just 1 week. Lol.
Ryzen 3900x system: check
Mac Mini system: check
Two new monitors: check
16TB raid drive: check
New conference calling gear: check
Oxygen Ventilator/Consolidator: check
Breathing masks for Oxygen consolidator: check
Lots of flu medicine: check
Room humidifier: checkI wish I knew about this event back during black friday. I think I would have saved 30% if I bought back then then now. Then again, who can predict a pandemic event would take us on a new course.
Also, last time I checked, food, sanitizers, diapers, toilet paper, are still all out of stock.
Meanwhile, my gas bill just nosedived, lol.
My scheduled index funds auto-purchases trigger the 18th and then the 30th of the month. Drip drip drip drip buy index funds
CoronitaParticipantI’m seeing a really disturbing trend on some of the neighborhood blogs that a lot of teachers and students who are now home are offering to babysit and provide daycare services to more than one child (for parents that still need to work).
Isn’t this sort of dangerous?
CoronitaParticipant[quote=svelte][quote=svelte]
So…I must admit I too have adjusted a few things now. I’ve canceled all flights to other states, and have switched travel within California to be by car not plane.That’s all I’ve done so far. No stocking up on food or toilet paper. Yet.[/quote]
Finally caved. Canceled all trips within California tonight.
Nothing on my calendar as far as the eye can see.
Feels very strange. Maybe I’ll take up meditation.[/quote]
I think it was the safe thing to do. They are shutting down Las Vegas Strip now… It’s bad.
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-2-03-15-20-intl-hnk/index.html
And the way things are going, nothing will remain open in CA. The ski resorts are shutting down too.
Family bonding time. My kid and I built a new Ryzen 3900x system just now in record time 1 hr 35 minutes…. She wouldn’t have done it if she was in school with all her activities.
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I got a boatload of other projects I can catch up on that I normally wouldn’t.
CoronitaParticipantSo some think we are going to have a travel restriction for CA and Washington this week.
I’ve already told some of my staff to leave who are from other states or trying to relocate to other states in case the state border gets restricted
CoronitaParticipantMaybe you guys are correct. Maybe this one time unexpected off business cycle event is different. Maybe the virus IS going to have a huge impact in some areas that are almost 100% dependent on tourism.
I don’t think the tourism industry is going to quite be the same moving forward with a pandemic in everyone’s mind.
I think the bellweather for this might be Nevada, it will be interesting to see how things shake out.
After all, people are saying it will get a lot worse before it gets a lot better.
CoronitaParticipantWe knew this was coming. If you are having second thoughts about your vacation plans , Airbnb just relaxed their cancellation policy. 100% refund available. Vrbo will follow suit eventually
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/airbnb-coronavirus-global-policy-change/index.html
#staythefuckhome
https://staythefuckhome.com/CoronitaParticipantThis was written by Dr Novell from Texas
I know I’ve been uncharacteristically silent about the coronavirus, but I’ve had enough at this point. The number of people who call this “media hysteria” or a “political hoax” or want to point out the mortality rates of the flu, cancer, or obesity…do you want to come work my shifts? Do you want to expose yourself to patients in respiratory failure day after day? When we run out of ICU beds and vents, do you want the responsibility of telling your mom, dad, aunts, uncles, friends, and family that I can’t intubate them because we just don’t have the resources? Do you want to tell the kids of 30 and 40 year old patients that their parent is going to die and we can’t do anything to stop it? Do you want to look at the parents of a 20 something year old and tell them their previously healthy son or daughter might not survive? Because these are REAL possibilities. This is ACTUALLY what is happening around the world.This American superiority complex of “it’s just not going to affect me the same way” is gross. There have been multiple projections that this could infect 40-70% of the population. While it’s hard to extrapolate accurate predictions, that should concern you. It shouldn’t make you hysterical and run to doomsday prep, but it should make you want to be a part of the solution in decreasing the spread. Because kids aren’t dying I think people feel protected. Kids less than 10 aren’t dying. People in their 20s and 30s are in respiratory failure and ARE dying. These are not elderly people with lots of medical problems that have had the chance to live full lives. These are young and previously healthy people. Yes, the elderly are more likely. But the young and healthy ARE NOT IMMUNE.
Why is this such a big deal when we’ve already been seeing people with the flu? RESOURCES. Over the past few months we have already spent many days at capacity, boarding patients including ICU patients in the ER. We don’t suddenly have a bigger ER, more floors to admit patients to, or more staff to take care of this influx. We have the same resources now with a second deadly virus. For estimated 80% getting sick this is like a cold. For the other 20% they’re either significantly sick, or eventually dead. Yes, cancer kills more. Yes, obesity related illness kills more. When taking care of my obese patients I don’t have to worry I’m going to “catch diabetes” or that suddenly my coronaries will be blocked. Their BMI can’t be transmitted to me through the air. Lung cancer isn’t contagious. I’m not worried about catching lung cancer when intubating these patients in respiratory failure. I’m vaccinated against the flu, and I can protect myself from flu patients with a simple surgical mask.
Patients coming into the ER want the best, EVERYTHING to be done, and for it to happen quickly. And more often than not, we deliver on that. We’re going to have a different reality if we don’t have rapid containment. Everything is going to be far from an option for most patients, and I’m not looking forward to the potential ethically crushing choices we might have to make.
Italy SHUT DOWN THEIR COUNTRY. Italy isn’t drastically impacting their economy, tourism, education, and way of life because they care about our presidential election. They are doing it because their citizens are dying. This isn’t a hoax. This isn’t just the cold. And I don’t care if more people by the numbers have already died of the flu. (Actually I very much care-GET VACCINATED). This is a big fucking deal. Open your eyes and pay attention. Your American immune system is not equipped with special corona fighting antibodies that just skipped over other countries. And more importantly, your healthcare system that already didn’t have enough doctors doesn’t suddenly have a surplus of doctors.
While you have the option (THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE) to stay at home and decrease the likelihood of you being a vector, when you do get sick, guess who is still working? Your nurses, doctors, pharmacists, hospital support staff, EMS, police…we don’t have the option to stay at home and protect ourselves and our families. The consensus among myself and other docs is and expectation of not if, but when, we get sick. People that have no lung problems are developing respiratory and multi system organ failure, and dying. We know that could be us. And we aren’t just being exposed at the airport or the grocery store or at a concert venue…we are being DIRECTLY exposed to the sickest patients. And without the resources to protect ourselves. The public has stock piled N95 masks to an extent our masks are LOCKED away and we have to have approval to use them. Because we WILL run out. The protective recommendations by the CDC recently became more relaxed…and let’s be totally transparent. This is not because the transmission has slowed or COVID is less virulent. It’s because we cannot meet a higher standard. We cannot provide our healthcare workers with better protection because we simply don’t have it. And I’m so fortunate to work in a resource rich hospital with what I consider exceptional leadership. I see people busting ass to try to keep us safe and informed, but under the context of a rapidly evolving situation with not enough supplies, people, and space to manage the consequences. I’ve also heard the theories that the doctors that died in China were given amphetamines and worked days at a time. That exhaustion weakened their immunity. As we go through cycles of quarantine, who do you think is going to be on back up? Who do you think will be covering those extra shifts and putting in more hours? While we won’t be pumped full of amphetamines, someone will have to be there.
So if you’re one of the people that keeps laughing at the “hysteria,” keeps comparing it to more deadly disease, thinks that somehow you’re special and it’s going to skip over you…you’re not special and your immune system isn’t unique. Take the current pandemic seriously. Stay home and don’t be a walking vector. Find a hobby, read some books, spring clean your house, make some new recipes, clear your DVR. You don’t need to panic and build a bunker, but don’t be an asshole. Stop buying protective supplies that puts those of us on the front line at high risk. Stop buying all the toilet paper. Covid doesn’t cause massive diarrhea. Our water supply is not contaminated. You don’t need to stock pile bottled water. Don’t go to the ER “because you just wanted to be checked out” when you’re not actually sick. You risk exposing yourself and frankly, you’re pulling us away from the patients that actually need us. And realize that when this gets worse, we are working as hard as we can to do the best we possibly can. Be patient and kind to your first responders.
CoronitaParticipanthttps://m.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/13/1927193/-UCSF-COVID-19-Panel-Notes
“We are past containment”.
“40-70% of the US population will be infected over the next 12-18 months. ”
“How long does the virus last?
On surfaces, best guess is 4-20 hours depending on surface type (maybe a few days) but still no consensus on this
The virus is very susceptible to common anti-bacterial cleaning agents: bleach, hydrogen peroxide, alcohol-based.”You guys can argue all you want about government. I have a feeling none of this will be relevant in a few months. Good luck everyone.
CoronitaParticipant[quote=Hobie]CDC is recommending schools stay closed for 14 days. This is the approx incubation time. But with last weeks sudden rise in infections I’m guessing they will restart the 14 day clock to next week. So 3 weeks from next Mon 3/16/20.
Some school districts are already doing this be moving spring break up to give them 3 weeks of closure.
I’ll bet schools will resume 4/6.. ..unless we are all dropping like flies.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/schools-faq.html
https://www.jwatch.org/na51083/2020/03/13/covid-19-incubation-period-update%5B/quote%5D
Most school districts in SD aren’t reopening until 3/27 at the earliest.
San Diego and San Dieguito Unified all set the back to school day at 3/27, at least. This is one week before Spring break. They said they can update this to move back more.
Poway Unified isn’t retuning back until April.
Ironically during this time, a lot of college students and substitute teachers have been advertising “hi, I’m XYZ, and if you need help with daycare, I can watch your children for you .. .” And then proceed to say they can take up to 5-10 kids at their house.
I thought the entire point of social distancing is to minimize contact from people we don’t know.
CoronitaParticipantWow, Friend, remind me never to get on your bad side.
Brian, you’re right, I don’t nearly understand economics as well as Friend above…. But if you haven’t figured it out by now, you’re definitely not in a pissing match with me right now, since I could never hammer you the way Friend just did. I simply don’t have the ability nor the chosen words to drive the point.Good night, Friend.
CoronitaParticipant[quote=TheNotSoRealFlu]I’m not FLU. FLU I’m not. Anymore:([/quote]
Privilege, REVOKED! LOL
CoronitaParticipant[quote=fluimposter]Let us all take a moment to celebrate that our president has tested negative for coronavirus. MAGA[/quote]
Just stop, Friend. This isn’t funny. I hate the guy. I’m having second thoughts taking on my new handle and letting the old one go.
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